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El Negro Blanco is an Argentine comic strip that was published by the Clarín newspaper from 1987 to 1994. It was written by Carlos Trillo, and drawn by Ernesto García Seijas. The words "negro" and "blanco" mean black and white in Spanish, but Blanco is the family name of the main character and "Negro" is a common Argentinian nickname.
The average age of the comic reader in Mexico was higher than in the United States, about 18 instead of 13, [4] so some argue the content of comics had a very strong influence on Mexican society. Memín was read mostly by poor and middle-class Mexicans. Some of the critics touch upon the racial aspects, but this topic was mostly ignored.
Canturro: He is the dog of the comic strip (the "can" prefix being derived from Latin canis, "dog"). Having taken the phrase "man's best friend" too much to heart, he is convinced that he is the protagonist of the strip. Believing that he looks too much like Gaturro, he undergoes cosmetic surgery to become more "doglike".
Kalimán or Kalimán, the Incredible Man is a popular Mexican adventurer superhero, created by Rafael Cutberto Navarro and Modesto Vázquez González in 1963. He is the main character of the radio drama bearing his name, which depicts the adventures of Kalimán, a descendant of the Egyptian Pharaohs, and his young companion, Solín.
Even in serious comic strips, as late as the 1950s Black characters were drawn with bulging eyes and fat lips. The first major Black character in the comics was in Cartoonist Lee Falk's adventure comic strip Mandrake the Magician, which featured the African supporting character Lothar from its 1934 debut on. He was a former "Prince of the Seven ...
José María Del Bó was born on December 9, 1933. [1] [2] He became a professional comics artist at the age of 16 working for the Argentine Poncho Negro series. [1]Due to political instability in Argentina, he moved to Brazil in 1963 and then to the United States two years later. [3]
All-Negro Comics is a 1947 American comic book that represents the first known comics magazine written and drawn solely by African-American writers and artists. Edited by Orrin Cromwell Evans , the comic anthology published a single issue with small circulation and sales.
Zane Pinchback - Zane is an undercover reporter for the fictional black-owned newspaper The New Holland Herald newspaper based out of New York City.He takes undercover missions into the Southern United States to investigate lynchings which are ignored by newspapers owned by White Americans.